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Results: Digital Equity (31 Stories)

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Lytle High School P-Tech Program Builds Career-Ready Digital Skills

Lytle High School P-Tech Program students

Lytle Independent School District, TexasP-12

In the heart of South Texas, Lytle High School in Lytle Independent School District is championing digital equity to bridge economic, educational, and access divides through its Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH). The program, which began in the 2018-2019 school year, offers o...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Māpunawai Cultivates Digital Resilience Among Native Hawaiians

Alt Text: A group of program participants sitting around a table with laptops

Hawaii

Māpunawai is a nonprofit organization bridging the digital divide and building economic opportunities for Native Hawaiians by providing training, equipment, and mentorship. Māpunawai serves learners across all islands of Hawaii, including individuals in rural, lower-income parts of the state. Ka...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Diné College Uses Culturally Responsive Strategies to Support Inclusion across the Navajo Nation

Dine College logo superimposed on an image of a cable being inserted into a laptop

ArizonaPostsecondary

Diné College is the first tribally controlled college in the United States. The college serves the far-reaching rural needs of the 400,000-member Navajo Nation, including 200,000 citizens beyond the Nation’s borders, through its main campus in Tsaile, AZ and six additional campuses and microsites...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: The Urban League of Springfield, Inc. Leverages Trusted Relationships with the Community to Advance Digital Equity

Two students working together in front of a computer and audio recording equipment in the podcast studio at Urban League of Springfield’s Digital Learning Lab.

MassachusettsP-12Postsecondary

The Urban League of Springfield, Inc. (SUL), is a civic organization empowering the African American community of Greater Springfield, MA. The organization provides various services for youth and families, including advocacy, academic and social-emotional development, career services, and financial ...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Black Churches 4 Digital Equity Uplifts Role of Faith-Based Institutions in Closing the Digital Divide

Two women smile at the camera at the Black Churches 4 Digital Equity's National Day of Action organized by Metropolitan AME Church at Martha's Table in Washington, DC in September 2022. One holds a book and magazine, and one has her arm around the other.

Black Churches 4 Digital Equity (BC4DE) is an initiative of the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC), a public interest organization promoting equal access and representation in technology, media, and telecommunications. This coalition, launched in May 2021, partners with faith-b...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Madison College High School Equivalency Program Builds Digital Skills among Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers

Madison College High School Equivalency Program learners, wearing blue caps and gowns, and instructor Elizabeth Fontán smile at graduation in front of a Madison College backdrop.

Wisconsin

In Wisconsin, Madison College’s High School Equivalency Program (HEP) supports migrant and seasonal farm workers and their families earning their Certificate of General Educational Development (GED) or High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED). Learners in this program are mostly mobile, and they com...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Rural LISC’s Digital Connector Program Partners with Community Organizations

A staff person at Come Dream Come Build, a Rural LISC grantee in Brownsville, Texas, supports a community member with building digital skills. They are sitting in front of a laptop computer smiling.

P-12Postsecondary

In many rural regions, communities lack access to high-speed, reliable internet service and devices. However, even after these availability challenges are addressed, individuals require digital skills to effectively use technology to meet their goals and needs. Without these skills, rural communitie...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Byte Back Fights Back the Digital Skills Gap

Byte Back scholars are seated in a training, working on individual laptops. An instructor stands to the side of the classroom.

Byte Back, a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 by civil rights activists who recognized the importance of technology in uplifting and empowering communities, provides adult learners furthest from opportunities with a pathway into the digital economy and society. In several cities, Byte Back acc...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Queens Library Digital Connect Program Supports Individuals Who Were Previously Incarcerated

A staff member and participant work together on a laptop in the Queens Public Library Digital Connect Program

New York

The Queens Public Library in New York City is closing the digital divide for individuals who were previously incarcerated through its Digital Connect program. During COVID-19, the library observed a critical need for these patrons to have access to technology and digital skill-building opportunities...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Dedicated Digital Equity Funding Impacts Washington’s Rural School Districts

Elementary school students in Washington work together using a digital whiteboard.

WashingtonP-12

Seventy percent of Washington’s districts are categorized as rural/remote and are often less likely than their urban counterparts to raise sufficient local funding to adequately support digital teaching and learning. Rural/remote districts are also often more likely to weigh the costs of technolog...

Topics: Digital Equity, NETP24

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: How The Arc Advances Digital Skills for Individuals with Disabilities and Their Families

Technology coach and client working together in front of a desktop computer to edit a photo

P-12Postsecondary

The Arc is the largest and oldest national non-profit that promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). As part of that mission, they are working to ensure technology can unlock opportunities for individuals with IDD and their families. Fou...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: How UnidosUS’ Padres Comprometidos Program Empowers Latino Parents with Digital Skills to Support Learners

A mother and daughter who participate in the UnidosUS Padres Comprometidos program sit in front of a laptop and take notes. Photo provided by UnidosUS

P-12

UnidosUS is the largest nonprofit Latino civil rights advocacy organization in the United States. As part of the organization’s commitment to student success, UnidosUS launched the Padres Comprometidos program to support Latino parents’ ability to navigate the public school system and empower th...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Student Advocacy Addresses Digital Equity Barriers for Students with Disabilities

Ava Bullis, a student-advocate with Ava’s Voice. Ava has long light brown wavy hair and is wearing a black top and gold hoop earrings. She is looking at the camera smiling

New JerseyP-12

Ava’s Voice is dedicated to providing resources and support for families, students, and schools on Usher Syndrome, a genetic condition that is a leading cause of profound deaf-blindness. Because the syndrome results in a progressive impairment of hearing and vision, the educational needs of learne...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: How United Way Supports Communities in Southeast Wisconsin

Volunteers provide information at a computer distribution event

WisconsinP-12

United Way is a global nonprofit organization in which each local chapter champions different causes based on specific community needs. United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County (United Way) serves four counties in Southeast Wisconsin. By partnering with various community-based organizatio...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: School2Home Helps California Schools Strategize for Home Broadband Access and Effective Technology Use

CaliforniaP-12

Founded in 2009 by the California Emerging Technology Fund, School2Home provides financial support and technical assistance to partner schools, building their capacity to improve student outcomes through the effective use of technology and establish a sustainable digital learning culture. They curre...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Arizona’s Digital Equity Institute Encourages States to Co-Create of Solutions with Communities

Thumbnail from YouTube video showing Erin Carr-Jordan, Managing Director, Digital Equity Institute

ArizonaP-12Postsecondary

The Digital Equity Institute (DEI) is a non-profit, civic organization that advances digital equity and inclusion. Their approach includes delivering inclusive digital literacy curriculum and building community-responsive digital navigator programs. For example, the Digital Equity Institute has part...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: AT&T Addresses Broadband Availability, Affordability, and Adoption

P-12Postsecondary

AT&T’s efforts to advance digital equity for learners address broadband access from the perspectives of availability, affordability, and adoption. AT&T Assistant Vice President Meredith Williams attended the U.S. Department of Education’s National Digital Equity Summit in September 2022....

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: #OaklandUndivided Advances Tech Access from “Cradle to Career”

Oakland Unified School District, CaliforniaP-12Postsecondary

In May 2020, the City of Oakland, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), Oakland Public Education Fund, TechExchange, and the Oakland Promise launched #OaklandUndivided, an equity-based, collective impact initiative to close the digital divide. Through their efforts, nearly all 50,000+ OUSD student...

Topic: Digital Equity

Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: How Middletown City School District Develops Partnerships to Support Students and Staff

Middletown City School District, OhioP-12

Marlon Styles, Jr. serves as the superintendent of Middletown City School District in Ohio. As superintendent, he has advocated for equitable access to reliable, high-speed internet and devices for all students and has been recognized for his leadership in leveraging technology to improve education....

Topic: Digital Equity

On the Heels of the Road to Success Bus Tour, ED and FCC Highlight the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) in North Carolina

Conference table of participants listening to Deputy Secretary Speak

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North CarolinaP-12

Recently, representatives of the Department of Education (ED) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) visited Charlotte and Durham, North Carolina for conversations on partnerships between schools and community-based organizations to implement the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). ACP, ...

Topic: Digital Equity